No foreign skies above
No foreign ground below
The same universal body everywhere
The same soul with a thousand faces
Traveling clouds
Playing hide and seek
With the secrets of the land
In a tangible ethereal language
Old, natural and simple
Stained and smashed here and there
By the feet of metal giants
Polyglot eyes talking with life
Endless dialogue with beauty.
In the same glimpse
Ever-changing infinite worlds
Not all can be revealed to the eyes
The eyes are not enough
And the mystery of the distance remains
Transparency and obscurity
In the same glimpse the light and the shadow
In the same embrace to infinity
In each drop of time
Aging in my eyes
The flowing of days and nights
Sky and ground united in unbreakable mirrors.
What’s not real and pure won’t remain
Not even as an image
Not even as a shadow
Only the working hand’s salted sweat
And flashes of running sights
At the speed of sound
Before the stars shine again
And the new dawn, step by step
Starts the peaceful sky conquest
Ray by ray, the glorious painting
Arises and spreads over the ethereal home’s roof
In deep devotion, the eyes rejoice
And the mind opens all the doors and windows.
So many roads in the common path
Not a single wall in sight
Only warm velvet flying carpets
In the widest living room
And while I sit and watch the movie
I feel a well-known scent
Awakening my senses to the new morning
The newborn light unveils new pages
The limpid air awaits to be breathed
The scriptwriter is eager for new chapters
And the wonder-movie goes on
Rest for a while
In some quiet place
Touch the ground where the land joins the sea
Feel the earth smoothly
Giving shelter and wings to the tired feet
Across the sky I walked upon wandering clouds
On the ground I fly beneath and above the same clouds
No foreign skies above
No foreign ground below…
São Ludovino, 17/11/2015
Images: Flights between Lisbon-Philadelphia-Orlando and Orlando-Philadelphia-Lisbon.
Morning - Close to Lisbon II, photography by São Ludovino.
Departure from Lisbon - The Atlantic below I, photography by São Ludovino.
Somewhere near the USA coast III, photography by São Ludovino.
Somewhere over USA, near Philadelphia I, photography by São Ludovino.
Somewhere over USA, near Philadelphia VIII, photography by São Ludovino.
Arriving to Philadelphia I, photography by São Ludovino.
Arriving to Philadelphia X, photography by São Ludovino.
On the air again - Philadelphia-Orlando I, photography by São Ludovino.
On the air again - Philadelphia-Orlando V, photography by São Ludovino.
On the air again - Philadelphia-Orlando VI, photography by São Ludovino.
On the air again - Philadelphia-Orlando VII, photography by São Ludovino.
On the air again - Philadelphia-Orlando VIII, photography by São Ludovino.
On the air again - Philadelphia-Orlando XII, photography by São Ludovino.
Close to Orlando III, photography by São Ludovino.
Close to Orlando VI, photography by São Ludovino
Close to Orlando VII, photography by São Ludovino
Orlando - Transfer point I, photography by São Ludovino.
Orlando - Disney World before the storm Erika I, photography by São Ludovino.
Orlando - Disney World before the storm Erika II, photography by São Ludovino.
Leaving Orlando XXX, photography by São Ludovino.
Philadelphia airport I, photography by São Ludovino.
Taking off from Philadelphia II, photography by São Ludovino.
Sunrise VII, photography by São Ludovino.
Sunrise XV, photography by São Ludovino.
Sunrise XI, photography by São Ludovino.
Sunrise XVI, photography by São Ludovino.
Sunrise XVIII, photography by São Ludovino.
Sunrise XXII, photography by São Ludovino.
Morning II, photography by São Ludovino.
Morning III, photography by São Ludovino.
Morning - Close to Lisbon VIII, photography by São Ludovino.
Morning - Close to Lisbon I, photography by São Ludovino.
Morning - Close to Lisbon III, photography by São Ludovino.
Morning - Close to Lisbon IV, photography by São Ludovino.
Morning - Close to Lisbon XI, photography by São Ludovino.
Morning - Close to Lisbon XIV, photography by São Ludovino.
Approaching Lisbon - Near Tagus river III, photography by São Ludovino.
Approaching Lisbon - Near Tagus river V, photography by São Ludovino.
Approaching Lisbon - Crossing Tagus river VI, photography by São Ludovino.
Over Lisbon I, photography by São Ludovino.
Over Lisbon II, photography by São Ludovino.
Over Lisbon IV, photography by São Ludovino.
Over Lisbon IX, photography by São Ludovino.
Over Lisbon XI, photography by São Ludovino.
Landing in Lisbon V, photography by São Ludovino.
Crossing Tagus river, Lisbon, photography by São Ludovino.
Between the coast and Philadelphia, photography by São Ludovino
